1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Indiana House District 80
Indiana House of Representatives · Indiana
Ben Giaquinta (D) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating John J. Becker (R) by 9.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ben GiaquintaDemocrat · winner
54.8%7,707
John J. BeckerRepublican · incumbent
45.2%6,365
14,072 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET